android - Joda-Time confusion for converting DateTimeField to text/String -

android - Joda-Time confusion for converting DateTimeField to text/String -

i have joda datetimefield object called starttime localtime. meaning contains hr (ranging 0-23), minute, (0-59), , sec (0-59).

now when phone call method: starttime.getchronology().hourofday().getasshorttext(int fieldvalue, locale l) bit confused; locale understand when datetimefield api here there not explanation should input fieldvalue.

is there document describing integers refer fieldvalue?

now; i've tried doing starttime.getchronology().hourofday().tostring() not work. simply returns text: datetimefield[hourofday].

following documentation link have given, argument fieldvalue described numerical value of associated field. in case, hour-of-day-value, hence number between 0 , 23.

as far know, method getasshorttext(...) not produce text hour-of-day, yield digits in string-form. method rather designed fields have special text form months or weekdays. illustration demonstrating triviality of approach (the code meaningless utilize case):

localtime time = new localtime(14, 45, 30); string text = time.getchronology().hourofday().getasshorttext(12, locale.french); system.out.println("hour-of-day 12 text: " + text); // output: hour-of-day 12 text: 12

maybe confused because have field constants in jdk-class java.util.calendar in mind, there field constants denote field identifiers, not field values. same function (namely identifying fields) achieved datetimefield-objects in joda-time.

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